New GDL Features in ArchiCAD 16

Index

1. Purpose of the document

This document informs you about the new GDL features in ArchiCAD 16.
You can find the definition of the new and changed commands in the GDL Reference Guide.
Some of these topics are described in the Basic Library Documentation, too.
The links in this document refer to the latter one, if available.

2. List of new features

New/changed global variables

Label globals

These new globals can be used in label elements.

LABEL_ARROW_LINETYPE

LABEL_TEXT_BG_PEN

LABEL_FONT_STYLE2

Morph globals

These new globals can be used in markers for new shape elements.

MORPH_LINETYPE

MORPH_FILL

MORPH_FILL_PEN

MORPH_FBGD_PEN

MORPH_SECT_LINETYPE

MORPH_SECT_PEN

MORPH_VIEW_PEN

MORPH_SOLID

MORPH_MAT_DEFAULT

MORPH_CASTS_SHADOW

MORPH_RECEIVES_SHADOW

MORPH_SURFACE

MORPH_VOLUME

MORPH_FLOOR_PERIMETER

Project location and time globals

These new globals tell about the location of the building.
The date value is for supporting sun calculations across the year.

GLOB_PROJECT_LONGITUDE

GLOB_PROJECT_LATITUDE

GLOB_PROJECT_ALTITUDE

GLOB_PROJECT_DATE

New commands

The new textblock command can identify paragraphs identified by numerical IDs.